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Universal gave an update to their partnership with Nintendo to bring Nintendo themed attractions to Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan.

These will be expansive, immersive and interactive. They’ll be highly themed and authentic environments filled with multiple attractions, shops and restaurants.
You’ll feel as if you’re playing inside your favorite games – in real life.
There will be something for everyone—regardless of their age or gaming experience level.
Planning and creative work on these areas is well underway; they will open separately over the next several years.

Source: http://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/nintendo-universal-parks/

It seems like they are tearing down the boomerang coaster at Aquaventure Atlantis the Palm. Does anyone know what is going on?

Ferrari world - shuttle coaster - the spike in construction inside the funnel of the dome

This new Dubai Canal will have Entertainment areas and future indoor theme park, the project is by metas

BREAKING: Shanghai Disneyland breaks ground on Toy Story Land which will open in 2018

We started the expansion even before opening Shanghai Disneyland in anticipation of its immense popularity in Mainland China. The characters from Toy Story have been well liked in China ever since the release of the first film in the franchise back in 1995, and Shanghai Disney Resort already has the only resort hotel in the world dedicated to the characters and stories from Toy Story. Our guests can’t get enough of Buzz, Woody and all of their pals, which made Toy Story an obvious choice for Shanghai Disneyland’s first expansion.

Satellite imagery of the Toy Story Land area from as recent as a few months ago can be seen in an earlier post below in this thread.

Source: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/11/shanghai-disneyland-breaks-ground-on-toy-story-land/

Disney have filed a patent for an "interactive" hotel room.

For instance, right now if one plays a car racing game on a computer, they not only drive the cars, they also hear them, hear other cars, hear the crowd, see fiery crashes, hear the explosions, and the game play is back-grounded by emotional music and the like. If they play with a slot car, they only get to drive a car. There are few sounds, certainly no background music to amp up the emotions. When they play on a screen, the world is completely surrounding and immersive, they only have to move by brain through the frame of the screen bezel and they are into another world. If they play in their room, none of this is true. The goal of the projector with its camera and audio attachments of the display systems described herein is to allow a room, where ever the room is located, to become as immersive as any screen environment or even more so.

Disney in patent documents said the technology could be used in the amusement park setting or in a hotel lobby, but many of the descriptions are for inside the hotel room or in private homes.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2016/09/19/disney-patent-turns-hotel-rooms-into-interactive.html

Bioreconstruct on twitter has marked out that additional land Universal bought last year.





Source: https://twitter.com/bioreconstruct/status/790367071787970560

updated photo of salalah waterpark

Hole in the Funnel of Ferrari Experience Abu Dhabi is ready to put through a new coaster.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, UK has announced a new rollercoaster for 2018.

This is big news in the UK as the most recent rollercoaster built here was was The Smiler at Alton Towers which has been plagued with terrible incidents.

Currently named ‘Construction 2018’ the ride is said to feature the highest number of ‘interactions’ in the world with 15 and will cross five other park rides and pass through two tunnels.

She (Amanda Thompson, Director of BPB) said: “Construction 2018 follows in the long tradition we have at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of investing in fantastic rides and bringing first of their kind rollercoasters to the UK. “Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the world’s most ride intensive amusement park, is home to the UK’s first looping coaster, Revolution, and, at the time it was built, the world’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, The Big One, plus many more thrilling rides. “I’m delighted to be able to continue this tradition and bring such a thrilling ride to the UK.”

Source: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/our-region/blackpool/video-take-a-virtual-ride-on-blackpool-pleasure-beach-s-new-16-25m-rollercoaster-1-8153236

Mack have released an on ride video for it too...